Multiple sessions

Users can run concurrent Web-to-Host sessions and switch between session windows to perform tasks. How users initiate multiple sessions and navigate between them depends on how you configure the session profiles. There are three scenarios:

• Multiple sessions running in separate browser windows

  By default, users must open multiple instances of the browser to start multiple client sessions. Users can run concurrent host sessions and switch between sessions by clicking each browser window in turn.

• Multiple sessions running outside the browser

  Administrators can configure Pro and Java display profiles to run in a separate window outside the browser (see Start options). The user must open a new instance of the browser to launch another host connection but, once the new session is connected to the host, the browser can be closed without losing the connection.

• Multiple Pro standalone sessions

  Administrators can configure a Pro display profile to launch multiple standalone sessions using the same configured connection. For example, a user can run two or more MyRumbaHost sessions, each in its own window.

  With this configuration, a new session opens in a separate window outside the browser whenever the user accesses a session URL through the browser window. After launching one or more session windows, users can close the browser without losing the host connection.

Configuring multiple Pro standalone sessions:

1. Create or edit or the Pro session profile in the Session Configuration Manager, then click the Session Options tab.
2. Check Run in a Separate Window and Allow Multiple Standalone Sessions.
3. To save this configuration, click the check mark icon at the bottom of the page.

When you enable these two options, users can launch a new session window using any method that requests the session URL. For example, if your Web site includes a Pro display session called Display.html, users can open multiple sessions by:

• Clicking a link on a Web page

  If the Web page includes a link to http://<yoursite>/Display.html, users can click this link to launch a new session window.

• Refreshing the browser with the session URL listed in the address bar

  When the browser’s address bar contains the session URL, users can click the Refresh (or Reload) button on the browser toolbar to launch a new session.

• Typing the address in the address bar

  If users have browsed to another location after opening the session, they can enter the session URL in the address bar to launch another session window.

• Recalling the address from history

  If users cannot remember the URL, they can open the browser’s history list and then select the session URL to launch a new session window.

Users can switch between sessions by clicking each of the windows in turn, or by using the taskbar. If the browser closes, the session windows remain open.